Army of Two Getting a 'Mature, Gritty' Reboot for Some Reason

Wow. Mature and edgy shooter. Just what we needed. And here I was thinking that the first two games were colorful and charming, standing out unique in a crowded market.

The dudes are called Alpha and Bravo. For fuck's sake, there's no amount of grittiness that can save this game with those names. "Dark and edgy" is obviously not the direction they need to take the franchise...

But, hey, it's using Frostbite 2, so it's gonna be the beastest gaenm eva, right?

Will I be able to enjoy these games by pretending the main characters are openly gay, or are they taking even that caveat away from me? No joke, The AoT games are significantly more bearable with the context that the main characters are in an open and loving relationship.

@hbkdx12 said:

this franchise gets a lot of hate for some reason that i don't understand.

Regardless of how I may feel about a reboot, Army of Two provides a very solid co-op experience that i've constantly and immediately recommended to anyone looking for a co-op centric game.

I refuse to call it the best franchise in the world but geez, the tone of this article just shits all over the franchise

I'm totally with you. Alex probably also hates the A-Team and 80s action movies - because, you know, they don't reflect deeply on the violence and the humor isn't clever. :P

Seriously, I never got the impression that Ao2 was somehow offensive or insensitive.

Also, here's a badass trailer from the first Ao2:

@Zlimness said:

@beard_of_zeus said:

Duuuumb. There's no need for more super-serious "gritty" games. EA, if you want to make a sequel, maybe send some Mirror's Edge 2 our way?!?!

Be careful what you wish for. Mirror's Edge might be the next game to get the "gritty reboot" treatment.

Oh god, you're right! EA is like one of those sarcastic, irony-laden, dickish genies where they give you three wishes and then you wish for a million dollars and then your parents die and you get a million dollar inheritance.

Sounds like they're taking all the character out of the series. This is the opposite of where I'd like to see them go. I guess we'll just have to see how it turns out, though.

"Mature, Gritty" rarely bodes well.

It's gonna be TERRIBLE, so move swiftly on, please.

Dark and gritty? No. They went the wrong way. I want stupid from this series. Turn up the bromance. Brighten the colors. Get some crazy Ratchet & Clank weapons in there. MAKE THEM SING THIS SONG:

"for some reason"?

You can see the letters EA right?

This time instead of discussing who is the best member of the Wu-Tang Clan, now they will just recite the lyrics.

Who asked for this exactly?

@yeah_write: If only. :(

I liked the 2nd Army of Two, so this is alright by me.

Can this generation just stop being gritty for one goddamned second, and make a game that doesn't take itself so seriously? More Saints Row The Third please if you're going to be a shooter.  

Oh yeah, totally forgot how insensitive Call of Juarez: The Cartel was. YIKES

I honestly don't care about the story at all, if it's a fun co-op shooter then yes I am interested.

@rebgav said:

1) Why make another Army of TWO game?

2) Isn't "mature and gritty" exactly the wrong direction to take that franchise? If they have to make another one, wouldn't it be more interesting to take it in the opposite direction and make the Saints Row 3 of military-inspired shooters? The customization and fist-bumping stuff was already ridiculous, it wouldn't have taken much to push it over the edge into complete and utter homoerotic murderboner lunacy.

THIS.

They should've taken it in the other direction, away from CoD and towards SR3.

Savages: The Game

"Army of Two Getting a 'Mature, Gritty' Reboot for Some Reason"

Gee, I wonder if Alex wrote this headline. Oh wow, he did! How'd I guess?

I never played the other ones, can someone tell me why its bad for being gritty and mature?

I wend and checked the sales of the two games.

Army of Two: 2.69 million

40th day: 1.81 million

That's a pretty big drop in sales. And for the most part it seem to be due to the tone of the story, people come for the bromance not some grimdark battle with "deep" morals

And they want to make the game more like 40th day tone?

Isn't EA smart?

I'm from Mexico and I must say I don't want a "dudebro" take of our country's widespread gang wars. Is kind of depressing and here already make fun in an awful impersonal way (or used as a political scapegoat/straw man argument)

As if there aren't any better games to make.

I was just saying this to Mabel the other day, actually.

"So Mabel," I says, "you know what the world needs? Another realistic, gritty shooter, ESPECIALLY when it's based off an already mediocre series known more for its bad comedy than the decidedly meh gameplay"

Mabel didn't say much in reply as he was too busy ranting and raving about how he was almost world champ and then got lumped with the Viscera gimmick, but whatevs

Only the grittiest use of tampons.

I remember playing the game in co-op and constantly chest-bumping my partner - whether he wanted or not - was enough fun for me to want to play the game with someone else. If you're gonna make it more complicated than that, then I guess I'll have to wait and see what comes out of it. This all seems kind of vague to draw any conclusions.

That being said I don't think I'd ever want to play that game on singleplayer mode.

I guess that "grittiness" rules out fighting a zombie Pablo Escobar,

Count me out.

Ten bucks says that they handle the topic of the drug war as well as Call of Juarez did.

BACK TO BACK!

also fuck gritty and self serious. just make a game with the story of Contra 1-4/ReBirth or Saints Row 3.

@Dan_CiTi: Google Shacknews Army of Two trailer and that's the answer to a reboot.

I've never played them, but yeah, another dead-serious shooter adorning GI's cover...

Do other people play games to escape reality anymore, or am I the only one?

Wouldn't it be smarter to make this game even irreverent? Go the Saints Row the Third route?

How about you all quit being jaded fucks and give the game a chance to show? Dead-serious or not, you've seen nothing of the game. It could be seriously legit, for all you know.

I don't think this is the worst news in the world, because the first games definitely had potential, and I'm glad to see them get away from the shitty characters, but it looks like they went from a shitty tone to a boring one.

I LOVE me some Army of Two. The first game was pretty woeful but there was a lot to be entertained by. Such as the awful broings-out between Salem and Rios, and pimping out your guns.

I thought the second game was a vast improvement. The bro-downs weren't as good, simply because they were more competently delivered by decent voice actors. The pimping wasn't as good either actually, but the gameplay was much better. The player choice moments really made that game for me though. You'd try doing the right thing, only to be tricked by the game for doing so.

Anyway, I'm totally down for more Army of Two. The only appropriate thing to do now is announce a new Kane & Lynch game. Those series are brothers in my eyes.

Speaking of brothers, what the hell is with no Salem and Rios in this new game? Unforgivable. Also "Tactical World Operations"? It's Trans World Operations, unless they reconned that, which is upsetting for no good reason.

@aurahack said:

How about you all quit being jaded fucks and give the game a chance to show? Dead-serious or not, you've seen nothing of the game. It could be seriously legit, for all you know.

Yeah, the amount of hate this is getting is really strange. Ao2 and Ao240th weren't bad games at all. And honestly they are still some of the better "Bro-Op" games out there ESPECIALLY for couch co-op. I guess some of it could be blames on the lean the article has but I don't recall anyone going "OH MAN THESE GAMES ARE TERRRRRRRIBLE" before today.

No sir, I don't like it

I really like co-op focused games, so I'll give The Devil's Cartel the same chance I gave Army of Two and The 40th Day. I'm not going to make a judgement until the reviews come in.

This is surely a sign that the age of the gritty reboot is at an end.

I think Army of two is a good concept and always willing to at least give it a chance. It doesn't hurt to look forward to something if you don't really know anything about it.

It's kind of funny when Alex says he's "Always wanted to enjoy" something, because for the past while he really hasn't enjoyed anything. what's up guy? Lay down on this couch.

But why?

I loved it when Army of Two was supposed to be comical and slap-stick. Why the fuck they had to go for something stupidly serious is beyond me. If it's to cater to an audience, they're perception of the consumer is totally skewed.

I'm down for another Army of Two game. I had a lot of fun with the series. I'm actually surprised by the amount of hate, never did think the game was bad. Mediocre, probably.The series has a lot of potential. I'm eager how good this one will fare.

The simple fact that they're moving away from Salem & Rios to "Alpha" & "Bravo" makes me curious enough to give this game a shot.

@Cybexx said:

Only the grittiest use of tampons.

Nothing is more gritty than feminine products.

I don't think I want to see any "mature, gritty" brofist, chest-bump or rock-paper-scissors

@damswedon: because they need that for face mask skin DLCs

Not interested! Considering the end of the previous game and the fact (spoiler) you either chose to kill your partner or a bunch of innocent people.... They should just stop while they are ahead!